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- noun Plural form of
wham . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wham .
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Examples
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And it whams straight into salt-of-the-earth sentimentalities: the less heart the better is a general rule here.
Men Should Weep; Blasted; When We Are Married Susannah Clapp 2010
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But the third verse whams in with "another country", namely heaven – thus not only annoying those of other religions and none, but implying that sublunary patriotism may be subject to overrule by the man upstairs.
So Lewis Hamilton wants a longer national anthem. Has he heard the second verse? 2011
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Charles Bell's "Gumball XI" (1976) opens the Still Life section and whams the viewer into the oversized world of Superrealism, a style popular in the U.S. and Britain in the 1960s and '70s.
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She was giving me the whim whams during the primary.
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This whole topic gives me the whim-whams or the vapours.
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It also helps many of the overwhelmed get past their initial whim-whams by talking about something familiar, that they've thought about a lot, or talked about with friends.
They Came From the Squealer Side - In Which Gail Encounters a Fan Girl gailcarriger 2009
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Thank you for the hint of floral that never whams.
Archive 2008-12-01 ScentScelf 2008
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Those who pay more would get the fast-lane service, and those who pay less would get the slow lane, with the possibility that some content from the Internet would be filtered out according to the whims and whams of your ISP.
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Those who pay more would get the fast-lane service, and those who pay less would get the slow lane, with the possibility that some content from the Internet would be filtered out according to the whims and whams of your ISP.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Thank you for the hint of floral that never whams.
Crucible of White (CB Cradle of Light) ScentScelf 2008
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